.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that 49 Ukrainian POWs had actually been actually returned from Russia, along with AFP observing the group being actually welcomed at the perimeter with Belarus.Zelensky did not make clear whether it belonged to an exchange with Russia, as is actually commonly the scenario, however AFP journalists had earlier observed Russian prisoners of war being actually packed onto a bus near the edge.It would certainly be the second exchange in between the challenging nations given that Kyiv's surprise incursion in to Russia's Kursk region.Zelensky pointed out civilians were also amongst the returnees, consisting of a "girl who was actually hijacked when she concerned handle her ill dad.".He said the exchange also consisted of fighters coming from Mariupol's 2022 Azovstal fight, along with soldiers, perimeter protectors and polices.AFP spoke with 2 ladies in their 20s wrapped in Ukrainian banners and obtaining flowers, who claimed they went to the Azovstal vegetation that fell to Russia after a siege in 2022." I am actually ultimately home, I can't feel it," claimed 28-year-old Tamara Miroshnikova, leader of an equipped car of Ukraine's National Guard, mentioned.An additional lady, 29-year-old Tetiana Bugay, stated she was a medic at the Azov unit that fought for Azovstal.Earlier, AFP observed the Ukrainian army driving Russian POWs in a bus, some were actually wearing hoods hiding their skins, which were actually cleared away as they were filled into a minivan.AFP talked to a number of them briefly, plus all those that talked said they were captured throughout Ukraine's surprise Kursk onslaught final month.